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Azealia Banks under police investigation

Azealia Banks is currently under investigation by LAPD following an alleged fight with nightclub security staff. The incident took place last month (October) at the Break Room 86 Club in Los Angeles. The security at the club reportedly asked Banks to leave the club due to her "unruly behavior", and they claim that she tried to set off the club's fire alarm. There is security footage circulating, obtained by TMZ, showing Banks and her entourage in a fight with the club's security. TMZ reports: "Banks and her crew were partying at Break Room 86 in L.A. late last month when she allegedly became unruly and security told her to leave. As Banks approached the front door, security claims she tried pulling the fire alarm. A security guard grabbed Banks as she was messing with the fire contr

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Tasha LaRae from Arrested Development: The RAPstation Interview

Growing up in Omaha, Nebraska, singer Tasha LaRae didn't have too many ideas of grandeur in terms of her musical path. She knew she loved singing, but Omaha wasn't ready for the uncontainable amounts of talent she possessed. Speech of Arrested Development, however, was. The classically trained opera singer caught his attention at a church function after she had relocated to Atlanta, Georgia. That was it. Since 2008, she's been touring and recording with the internationally celebrated hip-hop group. When she's not doing that, she's working on her own solo material. While touring with the group, she wrote and recorded music for The Tasha LaRae, which she released independently. With musical influences such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Whitney Houston, Earth Wind & Fire, Stevie Wonder,

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